Ultra-short pulse propagation in 3D GaAs photonic crystals

We have investigated ultra-short pulse propagation through 3D GaAs photonic crystals with a complete photonic band gap in the optical wavelength region. The pulse propagation was calculated by using the finite-differential time-domain (FDTD) method. This is the first time pulse shape measurements have been made using femtosecond pulses. From the experimental results, the shapes of the ultra-short pulses were found to change when the frequency was above the photonic band-gap after the propagation through the photonic crystal, corresponding to the simulation results.     

Extremely short electromagnetic pulses in an array of carbon nanotubes with a longitudinal field inhomogeneity

The propagation of bipolar electromagnetic pulses in an array of semiconductor carbon nanotubes has been investigated. The inhomogeneity of the pulse field along the axis of the nanotubes has been taken into account for the first time. The evolution of the electromagnetic field and charge density in the sample has been described by the set of Maxwell’s equations and the continuity equation. The possibility of stable propagation of bipolar electromagnetic pulses occurring in an array of nanotubes has been demonstrated by numerical simulation. It has been shown that the propagation of the electromagnetic pulses induces the redistribution of the electron density in the sample.     

Solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation by combining smooth exterior complex scaling and Arnoldi propagator

Abstract We develop a highly efficient scheme for numerically solving the three-dimensional time-dependent Schr?dinger equation of the single-active-electron atom in the field of laser pulses by combining smooth exterior complex scaling(SECS)absorbing method and Arnoldi propagation method.Such combination has not been reported in the literature.The proposed scheme is particularly useful in the applications involving long-time wave propagation.The SECS is a wonderful absorber,but its application results in a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian,invalidating propagators utilizing the Hermitian symmetry of the Hamiltonian.We demonstrate that the routine Arnoldi propagator can be modified to treat the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian.The efficiency of the proposed scheme is checked by tracking the time-dependent electron wave packet in the case of both weak extreme ultraviolet(XUV)and strong infrared(IR)laser pulses.Both perfect absorption and stable propagation are observed.     

负脉冲激励下PLZST电子发射特征及发射机理研究

采用固态烧结工艺制备了位于反铁电/铁电相界附近的掺镧锆锡钛酸铅（PLZST）反铁电陶瓷样品.采用该样品作为阴极材料,研究了其在负脉冲激励电场下的电子发射行为.负脉冲激励下,0.5 mm厚PLZST反铁电陶瓷圆片发射阈值电压为500 V;当激励电压为500 V,抽取电压为3.5 kV时,得到690 A发射电流.结果表明,PLZST反铁电陶瓷发射阈值电压低,发射电流大,即使激励电场低于陶瓷的正向开关电场,仍能得到强发射电流.最后,讨论了PLZST反铁电陶瓷在负脉冲激励下电子发射内在机制. 关键词： 反铁电材料 铁电阴极 电子发射     

腔体系统电磁脉冲模拟中的电子发射面

对电子发射面设置问题进行了研究,给出了底入射腔体系统电磁脉冲模拟中电子发射面的实现方法,分析了侧入射腔体系统电磁脉冲模拟中电子发射面的特点,并利用虚拟发射面的方法实现了侧入射腔体系统电磁脉冲模拟中电子发射面的设置。结果显示,利用该方法可以较简洁地实现腔体系统电磁脉冲模拟中平面和曲面电子发射面的设置,发射面电子发射参数和时序符合物理规律。     

微波脉冲与圆柱腔体耦合的时域有限差分模拟

给出了微波脉冲与腔体上孔洞线性耦合的物理模型,讨论了数值模拟的时域有限差分方法以及吸收边界条件,计算了不同大小和位置孔洞的耦合过程,分析了耦合对孔洞大小和入射场偏振方向的依赖关系.     

时间分辨电子显微镜的可行性研究

文章从理论上分析了飞秒激光与金属阴极的相互作用过程.将飞秒激光与金属阴极产生的超短电子脉冲作为电子源,提出了一种具有时间分辨能力的电子显微镜(TREM)的概念设计.文章作者详细地研究了这种电子显微镜的可行性,并讨论了超短电子脉冲的传输和控制问题.     

自由电子激光相干强太赫兹源装置鬼脉冲初步研究

研究中国工程物理研究院自由电子激光相干强太赫兹源(FEL-THz)装置上鬼脉冲产生的原因及其对装置调试测量的影响,通过束流动力学模拟、热分析、蒙特卡罗模拟以及初步实验结果分析,证明了鬼脉冲将会明显破坏阻拦型测量,并会在束线管道上造成温度升高和辐射强度增大。研究表明:鬼脉冲成为限制FEL-THz装置正常工作的重要原因,为保证FEL-THz顺利出光,鬼脉冲必须予以消除,并简要讨论了鬼脉冲的消除方法。     

时间分辨电子显微镜的可行性研究

文章从理论上分析了飞秒激光与金属阴极的相互作用过程．将飞秒激光与金属阴极产生的超短电子脉冲作为电子源，提出了一种具有时间分辨能力的电子显微镜(TREM)的概念设计．文章作者详细地研究了这种电子显微镜的可行性，并讨论了超短电子脉冲的传输和控制问题．     

重复频率高功率微波脉冲的大气击穿

理论研究了重复频率高功率微波脉冲在大气中的传输特性,推导了n个高功率微波脉冲之后空间某点的电子密度,数值模拟并给出了在不同微波频率、大气压强、脉冲宽度以及脉冲间隔的条件下,大气击穿时,透射过去的脉冲个数与微波功率的关系。模拟结果表明：当微波脉冲参数一定时,压强越小,透射过去的脉冲个数越少,大气越容易发生击穿;当压强一定时,脉宽越宽,微波频率越小,透射过去的脉冲个数越少,大气越容易发生击穿。     

自由电子激光相干强太赫兹源装置鬼脉冲初步研究

研究中国工程物理研究院自由电子激光相干强太赫兹源(FEL-THz)装置上鬼脉冲产生的原因及其对装置调试测量的影响,通过束流动力学模拟、热分析、蒙特卡罗模拟以及初步实验结果分析,证明了鬼脉冲将会明显破坏阻拦型测量,并会在束线管道上造成温度升高和辐射强度增大。研究表明：鬼脉冲成为限制FEL-THz装置正常工作的重要原因,为保证FEL-THz顺利出光,鬼脉冲必须予以消除,并简要讨论了鬼脉冲的消除方法。     

Pyramidal slip in electron beam heated deformed Titanium

The incidence of perfect glide dislocations, moving on parallel pyramidal slip bands on a particular grain boundary of deformed Titanium is studied by means of Transmission Electron Microscopy. Static experiments, performed by using the electron beam as a heating source, proved that slip propagation across the interface is possible when the angle of intersections between the activated slip planes of the incoming and the outgoing dislocations with the boundary plane is minimised. Additionally, the Burgers vector of the residual dislocations left in the boundary after slip transmission occurred should also be minimised. Due to their very small Burgers vector, residual dislocations are visualised with satisfactory results by an image simulation method.     

Ion-focused propagation of a relativistic electron beam in the self-generated plasma in atmosphere

It is known that ion-focused regime (IFR) can effectively suppress expansion of a relativistic electron beam (REB). Using the particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collision (PIC-MCC) method, we numerically investigate the propagation of an REB in neutral gas. The results demonstrate that the beam body is charge neutralization and a stable IFR can be established. As a result, the beam transverse dimensions and longitudinal velocities keep close to the initial parameters. We also calculate the charge and current neutralization factors of the REB. Combined with envelope equations, we obtain the variations of beam envelopes, which agree well with the PIC simulations. However, both the energy loss and instabilities of the REB may lead to a low transport efficiency during long-range propagation. It is proved that decreasing the initial pulse length of the REB can avoid the influence of electron avalanche. Using parts of REB pulses to build a long-distance IFR in advance can improve the beam quality of subsequent pulses. Further, a long-distance IFR may contribute to the implementation of long-range propagation of the REB in space environment.     

重复频率高功率微波脉冲的大气击穿

 理论研究了重复频率高功率微波脉冲在大气中的传输特性,推导了n个高功率微波脉冲之后空间某点的电子密度,数值模拟并给出了在不同微波频率、大气压强、脉冲宽度以及脉冲间隔的条件下,大气击穿时,透射过去的脉冲个数与微波功率的关系。模拟结果表明：当微波脉冲参数一定时,压强越小,透射过去的脉冲个数越少,大气越容易发生击穿;当压强一定时,脉宽越宽,微波频率越小,透射过去的脉冲个数越少,大气越容易发生击穿。     

Nonlinear propagation delay and pulse distortion resulting from dual frequency band transmit pulse complexes

A method of acoustic imaging is discussed that potentially can improve the diagnostic capabilities of medical ultrasound. The method, given the name second order ultrasound field imaging, is achieved by the processing of the received signals from transmitted dual frequency band pulse complexes with at least partly overlapping high frequency (HF) and low frequency (LF) pulses. The transmitted HF pulses are used for image reconstruction whereas the transmitted LF pulses are used to manipulate the elastic properties of the medium observed by the HF imaging pulses. In the present paper, nonlinear propagation effects observed by a HF imaging pulse due to the presence of a LF manipulation pulse is discussed. When using dual frequency band transmit pulse complexes with a large separation in center frequency (e.g., 1:10), these nonlinear propagation effects are manifested as a nonlinear HF propagation delay and a HF pulse distortion different from conventional harmonic distortion. In addition, with different transmit foci for the HF and LF pulses, nonlinear aberration will occur.     

Influence of the polarization mode dispersion on the propagation of ultrashort optical pulses in single-mode fiber lightguides with very weak linear birefringence and random inhomogeneities

We consider the influence of the polarization mode dispersion, which is stipulated by the presence of random inhomogeneities in single-mode fiber lightguides, on the propagation of ultrashort optical pulses in the fiber communication lines with very weak linear birefringence. Evolution of the envelope of ultrashort optical pulses and their spectra as functions of the length of a single-mode fiber lightguide with very weak linear birefringence and random inhomogeneities are obtained by the method of mathematical simulation. An increase in the pulse duration is shown to be proportional to the square root of the length of a single-mode fiber lightguide. The numerical-simulation results are compared with the results of experimental measurements of the polarization mode dispersion.     

An Efficient Algorithm for Truncating Spatial Domain in Modeling Light Scattering by Finite-Difference Technique

The finite-difference time domain technique is one of the most robust and accurate numerical methods for the solution of light scattering by small particles with arbitrary composition and geometry. In practice, this method requires that the spatial domain for the computation of near-field be truncated. An absorbing boundary condition must be imposed in conjunction with this truncation. The performance of this boundary condition is essential to the stability of numerical computations and the reliability of results. In the present study, a new boundary condition, referred to as the mixed T algorithm, has been developed, which is a generalization of the transmitting boundary condition originally developed by Liao and co-workers. The present algorithm does not require spatial interpolation for wave values at interior grid points. In addition, it produces two minima of spurious reflections at small and large incident angles, allowing efficient absorption of the scattered waves at the boundary for large incident angles. When the third-order mixed T algorithm is used, the reflection coefficient of the boundary is less than 1% for incident angles from 0° to about 70°. We find that the numerical instability associated with the transmitting boundary condition is caused by the location-dependent amplitude of outgoing waves in the vicinity of the boundary. For this reason, the mixed T algorithm is stabilized by consistently introducing diffusive coefficients into the boundary equation. When the stabilized algorithm is applied, the near-field within the truncated domain can be computed by using single-precision arithmetic without overflows for more than 10⁵steps in the time-marching iteration. Finally, the new absorbing boundary condition is validated by carrying out numerical experiments involving the propagation of a TM wave excited by a sinusoidal point source, simultaneous simulation of the wave propagation in small and large domains, and the scattering of a TM wave by an infinite circular cylinder.     

Hollow-fiber compression of visible, 200 fs laser pulses to 40 fs pulse duration

We demonstrate the use of a very simple, compact, and versatile method, based on the hollow-fiber compression technique, to shorten the temporal length of visible laser pulses of 100-300 fs to pulse durations shorter than approximately 50 fs. In particular, 200 fs, frequency-doubled, Nd:glass laser pulses (527 nm) were spectrally broadened to final bandwidths as large as 25 nm by nonlinear propagation through an Ar-filled hollow fiber. A compact, dispersive, prism-pair compressor was then used to produce as short as 40 fs, 150 microJ pulses. A very satisfactory agreement between numerical simulations and measurements is found.     

强激光在等离子体中的传播特性

分别讨论了非相对论条件下短脉冲和长脉冲激光在完全电离的等离子体中的传播特性。短脉冲情况下，激光的有效瑞利长度会增加，但不会出现自导引；长脉冲激光的传播取决于激光功率和等离子体温度之比，当该比值超过一定阈值时会出现自导引现象，激光束被限制在一个相对稳定的通道内，其半径对光束的初始半径有很强的依赖性。     

Superluminal to subluminal transition in the pulse propagation in a resonantly absorbing medium

We have examined the propagation of femtosecond laser pulses in an absorbing dye solution through a short to a long range of propagation distance. The transmitted pulses show strong spectral shift and a superluminal to subluminal transition in the propagation velocity keeping its initial shape almost intact. It is verified that the peak velocity is well described by a modified group velocity v(S) defined within the framework of the saddle-point method as well as by a recent prediction of the net group delay of surviving frequency.